The England cricket team has been forced to deny “outrageous” match-fixing claims after a documentary alleged that a Test match against India was rigged. In an unprecedented statement, the English Cricket Board (ECB) said that there is “nothing we have seen that would make us doubt any of our players in any way whatsoever” in the face of claims of “spot fixing” ...

KARACHI: Opener Usman Javed  continued his brilliant touch with the bat, clubbing eleven fours and hoisting six sixes in his second consecutive  century after facing  63 balls.  become the first batsman to score successive centuries in the 31st Aga Khan Gymkhana T-20 Ramazan Cricket tournament as Jaffer Brother reached in the last eight round with second victory in a row  ...

By Sohail cheema The current visiting cricket team to England is the weakest Pakistan team in the history of Pakistan cricket. There is not a single superstar, there is not a single player who could hold in world eleven. – The best bowler is Mohammad Aamir who only have 100 test wickets. There are 5 uncapped players in the team ...

At least three Test matches featuring India during the past two years were fixed, according to a documentary on cricket corruption by Al Jazeera. The India versus England Test played in Chennai (December 16-20), the India versus Australia Test in Ranchi (March 16-20, 2017) and the Galle Test between India and Sri Lanka (July 26-29, 2017) were influenced by bookmakers, ...

LONDON: Pakistani batsmen comfortably chased a 64-run target at Lord’s on Sunday to go 1-0 up in a two-match series against England and record their fifth Test victory at the ‘home of cricket’. Pakistan previously won Test matches at Lord’s in 1982, 1992, 1996, and 2016. The visitors defeated the home-team by nine wickets, with Imam-ul-Haq scoring 18 unbeaten and ...

For the 13th time in history and by far most all time, Real Madrid is once again king of the Champions League. On Saturday, Los Blancos beat Liverpool 3-1 on an absolutely magical, baffling bicycle kick goal from Gareth Bale to win a third straight Champions League crown. Two very bad bloopers from Liverpool’s goalkeeper also proved to be the ...

SYDNEY: Australia is striving to be the most professional and honest team in world cricket, coach Justin Langer said Saturday as the squad prepares for its first international tour following a damaging ball-tampering scandal. The former opener recently took the reins during a time of crisis after the 12-month suspensions of ex-captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner over ...

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines is yet to clear salary dues for two months to many members of the cricket team including captain Sarfraz Ahmed for being absent from work, it emerged on Saturday. PIA’s hockey, football, and other sports players including many Olympians are yet to be paid by the international carrier. Salaries have reportedly been held due to absenteeism. ...

LONDON: Jos Buttler and Dom Bess shared a spirited century stand to save England from a humiliating innings defeat by Pakistan in the first test at Lord´s on Saturday. The pair came together with the hosts reeling at 110 for six, 69 runs behind the touring side and heading for their first loss in a May test at the home ...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Friday launched its blind women cricket team with members of the national women cricket team players Nain Abidi, Javeira Wadood and Naheed Bibi made their presence mandatory to their encouragement.Syed Sultan Shah, Chairman PBCC launched the team at an Iftar dinner at a local hotel on Friday. The women blind cricket players, ...